Noble L. Simms, 93

FEDERALSBURG -- Noble Lee Simms,93, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006 at Caroline Nursing Home in Denton.

He was born April 12, 1913 in Federalsburg, the son of the late Manship Simms and Susie Simms Boss. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eleanora Haynes Simms who died on April 7, 1998.

Mr. Simms was a WW II Navy veteran serving from 1944 to 1946 in the Asian Pacific Campaign, receiving four bronze stars, WW II Victory Metal, and Philippines Liberation Medal with bronze stars. He received a Presidential Citation.

Mr. Simms was a farmer and had delivered feed for the Paul Croll Feed Mill. He retired after 18 years as a school bus driver for Caroline County Board of Education. In 1972 Mr. Simms ran for a seat on the Mayor and Council. He was a member on the boards for Federal Garden Apartments and for the ABC Child Development Center on Laurel Grove Road.

He had attended Zion United Methodist Church in Federalsburg.

Mr. Simms is survived by four sons and four daughters, Morris L. Simms Sr. of Wilmington, Claude Simms of Hurlock, Russell Simms of Seaford, Virgil Simms of Hurlock, Shirley Woolford of Seaford, Barbara Stevens of Dover, Del., Sylvia Ross of Camden, Del., and Brenda Simms of Wilmington, Del.; 41 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy McCutheons of Philadelphia, and Mildred Polk of Federalsburg; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Shelton Simms and Alonzo Simms; three sisters, Edna Nichols, Susan Cottom, and Elsie Nichols, and a brother, Joshua Simms.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg with the Rev. Ralph Long officiating. Burial will follow at the Eastern Shore Veterans" Cemetery in Beulah.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon.